Lin Cha's fleet set sail and went down the Pearl River, Chen Kai looked into the distance, and the stone in his heart fell a little. Not to mention, at least the first batch of 20,000 or 30,000 Fourth Guards households were out of danger, but once they thought that there were still hundreds of thousands of people in the city, their hearts that had just dropped a little bit were hung again.

"Time is running out, and there is probably less than an hour left until dawn."

Chen Kai didn't want to start earlier, but if the Qing army's bombardment of the city wall didn't officially start, he couldn't convince Wu Wenwen and Yin Zhirong, he couldn't get around them, and Du Yonghe interfered in the process, let alone want to do things.

At this time, Wu Wenwen and Yin Zhirong didn't have time to react at all, because everyone understood that as soon as the morning dawned, there would be a result after all. At that time, if the Qing army enters the city, they will not even have some chips, except for retreating in a hurry, they can only retreat in a hurry, where can they exchange such a generous treatment like now.

Now, Du Yonghe is kept in the dark, and Chen Kai can carry out things without hindrance. However, there are pros and cons to everything, and the time left for him is too tight, and he must do things as quickly as possible to ensure that more people are rescued.

"Quick, let those officials, officials, village elders, and officials listen to the command, and the more chaotic it is, the more time will be delayed."

The entire evacuation route, Guangzhou City is the starting point, Hong Kong Island is the end point, and Chaozhou is after everything is completed, so you don't need to consider it for the time being. Among them, in the south of Guangzhou, Henan Island above the Pearl River and the Mazu Temple on Nansha Island on the Lingding Ocean, Chen Kai also arranged manpower as a transit station.

To this end, Chen Kai connected the prefect of Guangzhou with the prefect of Nanhai and Panyu counties, and they used the administrative system to organize the evacuation of the people by relying on the organizational chain of officials, officials, village elders, and Lizheng.

In addition, Chen Kai brought a large number of Chaozhou officials and officials, they were divided into three, some were waiting for resettlement on Hong Kong Island, some were responsible for the deployment and transit at the transfer station of Nansha Mazu Temple, and the others were not on Henan Island, or here to help organize the people to move forward, everything was trained on Hong Kong Island, and they were all cadres transferred from various counties, but what level of actual effect could be achieved, Chen Kai did not have any confidence in his heart at all.

The four city gates were opened, and a large number of people slowly marched towards the south wharf of the city under the leadership of these "grassroots administrative officials", crying one after another, not at all like those military households who were depressed, silent, and even sad and crying lowered their voices, lest they distract those relatives who resolutely stayed in the city to fight to the death with the Qing army.

The people are still marching slowly, from time to time, there will be the people of Chengnan Fang Lane and the people of the old City Fang Lane on the road because of the queue and make some trouble, at this time there will be local officials in Guangzhou and Chaozhou officials brought by Chen Kai to coordinate, always to ensure the smooth flow of the road.

The crowd was still moving, the time was ticking, and the first batch had arrived at the docks. On the wharf, the big ships and small boats have already been prepared, and they are still on board in batches according to the command.

First, the big boats, which had gathered enough and set sail, followed by small boats, but the small boats did not go down smoothly, but rowed to Henan Island on the Pearl River and stopped, put the people there for the time being, and then continued to the wharf to carry the people.

The Pearl River can be used as a shield, but the number of boats is not enough to transport people to Hong Kong continuously, and even to the Mazu Temple in Nansha can't do it.

In this case, Chen Kai simply separated the large and small ships, and the large ones could carry more people, so they went directly to the transit station or destination, and the small ones had the advantage of turning around, and transporting the people to Jiangxinzhou as soon as possible could not only relieve the pressure on the wharf, but also make a layer of insurance - even if the Qing army really killed them, the ships were in Chen Kai's hands, and they could only look at the river and sigh.

However, the ships outside the city of Guangzhou are all civilian ships, large and small, different, and because of the siege of the city, many large ships that take the sea trade have left this place, but those small ships that can carry hundreds of people and dozens or even more than a dozen people seem to be more.

Small boats traveled to and from the upper reaches of the south and west of Guangzhou, while large boats carried the people directly downstream. Henan Island has formed a transit station, but many people who found that they could not immediately stay away from the dangerous place quickly became troublesome, and even some wanted to seize the boat and flee away.

"Whoever dares to disobey the command will be thrown back into the city and killed by the Tartars!"

On the dock in the distance, an officer drew his sword and shouted angrily, and several women and children who were still shouting just now immediately took a few steps back in fright, squeaking and whining and not daring to make noise anymore. But at this moment, a few Ding Zhuang from Tongfang Lane made a big fuss, demanding that they be sent away directly and not transit on the island.

Ding Zhuang made a fuss, and the movement of people in the entire area was hindered. Seeing this, the officer shouted, and cut off the head of Ding Zhuang, a leading leader, with a knife, and then held a blood-stained waist knife, glaring angrily.

"Whoever doesn't listen to the order will end up with this guy!"

More and more sailors began to gather, and the people in the city, who had never seen such a scene, screamed in horror for a while, and soon were controlled by the accompanying Li Zheng and the officials who came not far away, and boarded the boat step by step, and dared to have half a point of disobedience.

The head was hoisted up, thinking that the latecomer was ringing, and the news was quickly sent to Chen Kai, who informed him to ensure order, and then said nothing.

The personnel are still traveling south, and Chen Kai is more concerned about the city gate than the wharf. He had already informed the magistrates that the people were not allowed to carry more than one bag, because the more goods there were, the fewer people could carry, but when they got there, many of them still carried a lot of belongings, and even many of them simply drove carts and pushed carts, as if fleeing from the famine, and seemed to be eager to load all the animals that pulled the carts on the boat.

"Fathers, I said before I came, there are not so many places on the ship, and each person carries a burden, and there can be no more. If you do more, the others will not be able to get on the boat, and will you watch your friends and neighbors being killed by the Tartars because they can't get on the boat? ”

Ding Youyi, a Panyu official, was still shouting at the small south gate, which could be called a bitter mother-in-law, and his parents and his father-in-law were waiting on the side of the road, and it could be seen that he had an excellent upbringing, at least he knew that his son and son-in-law were doing great things for the country and the people, and they couldn't hold back. His wife, too, was there, and she did not complain at all, but the newborn child did not care much about it, and cried and made a fuss, not knowing whether she was frightened or hungry.

Speaking of which, he also dragged his family to come here, but it was a mess, and he couldn't even care about his wife and children, so he had to do his best to maintain order here. But who wants to throw away their belongings.

"Ding Dian, Governor Chen is invited."

Ding Youyi was so busy that a Panyu County official invited him to the side of the road. There, Chen Kai was talking with his father and father-in-law, and when he rushed over sweating, he heard Chen Kai tell his father that his infant son would be blessed if he did not die.

"Humble Ding Youyi, I have seen Governor Chen."

Turning around, a dignified warden was saluting. Chen Kai excused him from the courtesy, and asked about the situation in the city, but once these things were mentioned, even Ding Youyi couldn't help but sigh a few times.

"Don't hide it from the prefect Chen, many people are difficult to leave their homeland, and they don't want to leave their hometowns, for fear that they will die in a foreign land."

Guangzhou is an important town in the south of the world, where merchants gather, and Nanyang Maritime Trade is an extremely important trade center in South China. But even so, it was inevitable that such worries would make Chen Kai a little speechless.

"There are also many officials, officials, village elders, and Li Zheng, who don't want to leave Guangzhou, so there is a lot of resistance from the people......

"They don't want to leave, they want to be obedient to the Tartars, so they drag a group of neighbors to die with them?"

The people's hearts are selfish, these "grassroots civil servants" do not want to leave their hometowns, their fate is in the hands of others, and they do not want to rule the people too much, which will cause dissatisfaction with the Qing army, and these helps, on the contrary, have become obstacles.

As soon as Chen Kai's cold words came out, he was cold. But he didn't continue to dwell on this, everyone has the right to choose, some people are afraid to leave their hometowns, and some people tend to listen to the opinions of those selfish village elders and Li Zheng, is it possible that he still has to go into the city to persuade from door to door?

Chen Kai, surnamed Chen, named Kai, the word is actually true, although the number has not yet risen, but he never thought of asking for the name of the Virgin!

"People have their own ambitions, and they can't control so much, if the Tartars don't slaughter the city, it will be the best, but if they slaughter the city, it's their own choice. At least, I gave them the chance. ”

It is impossible not to slaughter the city, and the people who insist on staying in the city are basically dead. After that, Chen Kai took a deep breath, and asked Ding Youyi to take his family members to the dock to take a boat quickly, Ding Youyi could go there to organize the people and maintain order, which can be regarded as both public and private.

In fact, the reason why Chen Kai appeared here was because this inconspicuous warden was really a rare deep impression of the Guangzhou Massacre. He remembered that someone had posted on the forum before, saying that it was recorded in the "Panyu County Chronicles": After the Panyu warden Ding Youyi and his wife were killed: "In the past day, the abandoned children are crawling next to the corpse, still sucking their milk, and everyone who passes by is in tears." "The dying baby instinctively looks for the dead mother and sucks the corpse, which is almost miserable!

The picture sense of this record was too strong, and Chen Kai was so shocked that he didn't say anything for a long time, so until this moment, he heard that it was this warden who was maintaining order at the small south gate, so he immediately rushed over.

"Governor Chen's love is incredible, and he is humbled by his duties. However, this is the duty of the lowly position, and the county lord will hand over the heavy responsibility to the lowly position, and the lowly duty must be properly completed in order to live up to the trust. ”

After Ding Youyi said that, he saluted respectfully, and then rushed to the city gate to continue to maintain order and persuade the people. But at this moment, Chen Kai grabbed him, and then said to him: "Your method is useless, it's up to the official." ”

As soon as the words fell, Chen Kai strode forward. Immediately afterwards, he took an iron horn from Lin Dezhong, who was following him, and then shouted: "This official is Chen Kai, the governor of Zhangzhou Prefecture, and you can hear it clearly, if one person carries more than one package, the whole party will sit together, and you will not be allowed to board the ship!" ”